Post by Logan on Feb 25, 2016 10:49:14 GMT -6
Utah Senate votes to repeal 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
The Utah Senate on Wednesday called on Congress to repeal the 17th Amendment — so that state senators could again select U.S. senators.
It voted 20-6 to pass SJR2, and sent it to the House. It calls for Congress to repeal the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which was ratified in 1913 to allow people to directly elect U.S. senators.
Its sponsor, Sen. Al Jackson, R-Highland, says electing senators by the state Senate is needed because no branch of the federal government now represents the needs of state governments. A change would force senators to do that.
"Today, senators are more beholden to special interest groups than to their states" because those interests give them money for reelection, Jackson said.
Read more: www.sltrib.com/news/3576711-155/utah-senate-votes-to-repeal-17th
The Utah Senate on Wednesday called on Congress to repeal the 17th Amendment — so that state senators could again select U.S. senators.
It voted 20-6 to pass SJR2, and sent it to the House. It calls for Congress to repeal the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which was ratified in 1913 to allow people to directly elect U.S. senators.
Its sponsor, Sen. Al Jackson, R-Highland, says electing senators by the state Senate is needed because no branch of the federal government now represents the needs of state governments. A change would force senators to do that.
"Today, senators are more beholden to special interest groups than to their states" because those interests give them money for reelection, Jackson said.
Read more: www.sltrib.com/news/3576711-155/utah-senate-votes-to-repeal-17th